BY ALAN SHERROD Marble City Opera — Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 413 Cumberland Ave, Downtown Knoxville • Thursday, June 3 | Friday, June 4 | Saturday, June 5 | 7:30 PM • Tickets and Information …
Review: Marble City Opera Bets On Its ‘Royal Flush’
BY ALAN SHERROD Much will be written in the months and years to come describing the multiple layers of destruction that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought down onto our civilization. The anguish and heartbreak of the loss of life…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: March 9, 2021 – Marble City Opera, KSO Concertmaster, et al.
As more and more people are vaccinated against Covid-19 and feel more confident in venturing out, arts organization are offering audiences an opportunity to attend a performance live OR view a livestream. Here are a few this week— • …
Tuesday Arts Miscellany – Feb. 16, 2021: Go!, KSO, KCT, MCO, et al.
As live-streaming becomes more and more sophisticated in its use of video technology, organizations that depend on live performance in a theatrical venue are taking up the controls. On Saturday, February 20th at 7PM, GO! Contemporary Dance Works is presenting…
Review: KSO Returns with Stravinsky’s ‘The Soldier’s Tale’ Via Livestream
BY ALAN SHERROD One year ago, it would have seemed weird and strange that watching and listening to a Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert via a video livestream on a television or computer monitor would feel like a victory. Yet,…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: KSO, the Emporium Center, and UT Downtown Gallery
It sometimes seems like a dream. Yes, there actually was a time when people went into theaters with other people and sat next to them while viewing and hearing creative expression from musicians, actors, and other artists on stage. While…
Streaming Holiday Treats, December 15 – 25
Here are some suggestions for your Holiday streaming entertainment — in no particular order. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Clarence Brown Theatre/UT Department of Theatre Clarence Brown Theatre and the…
This Week: Marble City Opera Offers A Staged Version of Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’
BY ALAN SHERROD As the winter of 2020 begins to show its hand and taunt us mercilessly—a winter undeniably capable of dashing both our physical and socio-political hopes—we can perhaps identify with, and take consolation in, an equally arduous…
Marble City Opera Announces Upcoming Productions
What happens in the next thirty days in the Covid-19 pandemic will be a determining factor in how and when Knoxville is able to re-open its art and music scene. How will re-opening affect the number and demographics of new…
Marble City Opera Postpones ‘I Pagliacci’ Until August
Marble City Opera has announced that its production of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci, originally scheduled for May 29 and 30 at the Tennessee Amphitheater in World’s Fair Park, has been re-scheduled for August 13, 14, and 15 at the same…